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Around twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the area, producing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Large Hailstones and Extensive Destruction

Homeowners witnessed giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the widespread outages.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received 598 calls for help across the state, mainly for property damage but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Impacted Areas

• Werribee - saw considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 calls for assistance

At the height on the previous day, over 28,000 electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of the state's eastern regions this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both areas.

Medical Alert

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.